Installing Lotus Notes 8.5.3 on 64-bit Linux

Instructions for 64bit Debian and Ubuntu based distributions:  Last updated 2013-01-28

This is for LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) < Update Pack 6 (such as Update Pack 5) or lower and Debian < 7 (such as 6) or Ubuntu systems.  If you are using multiarch (only applied to 64-bit systems), found in LMDE Update Pack 6 or Debian 7, follow the instructions in http://ddurdle.blogspot.ca/2013/01/this-blog-post-is-strictly-about.html .

If you need install instructions for a 32-bit Linux, refer to http://ddurdle.blogspot.ca/2013/01/installing-lotus-notes-853-on-32-bit.html

Although the IBM Lotus Notes 8.5.3 was designed for GNOME 2 and has dependencies for GNOME 2 libraries, this install with the instructions provided below will result in IBM Lotus Notes install that will work with almost any window-manager.  I confirmed it works with Cinnamon, MATE, and GNOME 3.

Info:

startup - 

env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/ibm/lotus/notes/:/emul/ia32-linux/:/usr/lib32/:/usr/lib32/i386-linux-gnu/ /opt/ibm/lotus/notes/framework/../notes-wrapper %F

installed to - 
/opt/ibm/lotus/notes/
/etc/lotus

library info:

linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xf7752000)
libnotes.so => /opt/ibm/lotus/notes/libnotes.so (0xf526f000)
libXt.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libXt.so.6 (0xf521d000)
libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libX11.so.6 (0xf5100000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib32/libdl.so.2 (0xf50e1000)
libemulator.so => /opt/ibm/lotus/notes/libemulator.so (0xf4f22000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib32/libpthread.so.0 (0xf4f08000)
libresolv.so.2 => /lib32/libresolv.so.2 (0xf4ef4000)
libdxlo.so => /opt/ibm/lotus/notes/libdxlo.so (0xf4e5b000)
libxpm.so => /opt/ibm/lotus/notes/libxpm.so (0xf4e55000)
libxmlproc.so => /opt/ibm/lotus/notes/libxmlproc.so (0xf4a55000)
libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libstdc++.so.6 (0xf4969000)
libm.so.6 => /lib32/libm.so.6 (0xf4942000)
libc.so.6 => /lib32/libc.so.6 (0xf47e6000)
libgcc_s.so.1 => /usr/lib32/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xf47c9000)
libndgts.so => /opt/ibm/lotus/notes/libndgts.so (0xf47c7000)
libglib-2.0.so.0 => /lib32/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0xf46fe000)
libxmlcommon.so => /opt/ibm/lotus/notes/libxmlcommon.so (0xf46de000)
librt.so.1 => /lib32/librt.so.1 (0xf46d5000)
libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libSM.so.6 (0xf46cd000)
libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libICE.so.6 (0xf46b6000)
libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib32/libxcb.so.1 (0xf469d000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xf7753000)
libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib32/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0xf42c6000)
libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib32/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0xf4230000)
libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib32/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 (0xf4217000)
libpango-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib32/libpango-1.0.so.0 (0xf41d3000)
libpangoxft-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib32/libpangoxft-1.0.so.0 (0xf41cc000)
libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib32/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 (0xf41a5000)
libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib32/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (0xf4167000)
libgnomeprint-2-2.so.0 => /usr/lib32/libgnomeprint-2-2.so.0 (0xf40f3000)
libgnomeprintui-2-2.so.0 => /usr/lib32/libgnomeprintui-2-2.so.0 (0xf40ae000)
libgthread-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib32/libgthread-2.0.so.0 (0xf40a9000)
libgnomevfs-2.so.0 => /usr/lib32/libgnomevfs-2.so.0 (0xf403f000)
libgnome-2.so.0 => /usr/lib32/libgnome-2.so.0 (0xf402b000)
libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libfreetype.so.6 (0xf3fb3000)
libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib32/libfontconfig.so.1 (0xf3f84000)
libgconf-2.so.4 => /usr/lib32/libgconf-2.so.4 (0xf3f51000)
libcups.so.2 => /usr/lib32/libcups.so.2 (0xf3f05000)
libXcursor.so.1 => /usr/lib32/libXcursor.so.1 (0xf3efc000)
libgnomeui-2.so.0 => /usr/lib32/libgnomeui-2.so.0 (0xf3e64000)
libxml2.so.2 => /usr/lib32/libxml2.so.2 (0xf3d3a000)
libpcre.so.3 => /lib32/libpcre.so.3 (0xf3d06000)
libuuid.so.1 => /lib32/libuuid.so.1 (0xf3d02000)
libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libXau.so.6 (0xf3cff000)
libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libXdmcp.so.6 (0xf3cfa000)
libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib32/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 (0xf3cef000)
libXcomposite.so.1 => /usr/lib32/libXcomposite.so.1 (0xf3ceb000)
libXdamage.so.1 => /usr/lib32/libXdamage.so.1 (0xf3ce8000)
libXfixes.so.3 => /usr/lib32/libXfixes.so.3 (0xf3ce3000)
libatk-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib32/libatk-1.0.so.0 (0xf3cc7000)
libcairo.so.2 => /usr/lib32/libcairo.so.2 (0xf3c52000)
libgio-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib32/libgio-2.0.so.0 (0xf3bb5000)
libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib32/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 (0xf3bb1000)
libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libXext.so.6 (0xf3ba2000)
libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib32/libXrender.so.1 (0xf3b99000)
libXinerama.so.1 => /usr/lib32/libXinerama.so.1 (0xf3b96000)
libXi.so.6 => /usr/lib32/libXi.so.6 (0xf3b88000)
libXrandr.so.2 => /usr/lib32/libXrandr.so.2 (0xf3b81000)
libXft.so.2 => /usr/lib32/libXft.so.2 (0xf3b6e000)
libz.so.1 => /usr/lib32/libz.so.1 (0xf3b5a000)
libart_lgpl_2.so.2 => /usr/lib32/libart_lgpl_2.so.2 (0xf3b42000)
libgnomecanvas-2.so.0 => /usr/lib32/libgnomecanvas-2.so.0 (0xf3b0c000)
libdbus-glib-1.so.2 => /usr/lib32/libdbus-glib-1.so.2 (0xf3aed000)
libdbus-1.so.3 => /lib32/libdbus-1.so.3 (0xf3ab3000)
libgnutls.so.26 => /usr/lib32/libgnutls.so.26 (0xf3a1b000)
libavahi-glib.so.1 => /usr/lib32/i386-linux-gnu/libavahi-glib.so.1 (0xf3a16000)
libavahi-common.so.3 => /usr/lib32/libavahi-common.so.3 (0xf3a09000)
libavahi-client.so.3 => /usr/lib32/libavahi-client.so.3 (0xf39f9000)
libutil.so.1 => /lib32/libutil.so.1 (0xf39f5000)
libbonobo-2.so.0 => /usr/lib32/libbonobo-2.so.0 (0xf3995000)
libbonobo-activation.so.4 => /usr/lib32/libbonobo-activation.so.4 (0xf3980000)
libORBit-2.so.0 => /usr/lib32/libORBit-2.so.0 (0xf392b000)
libcanberra.so.0 => /usr/lib32/libcanberra.so.0 (0xf391c000)
libpopt.so.0 => /lib32/libpopt.so.0 (0xf3911000)
libexpat.so.1 => /usr/lib32/libexpat.so.1 (0xf38eb000)
libgssapi_krb5.so.2 => /usr/lib32/libgssapi_krb5.so.2 (0xf38bc000)
libkrb5.so.3 => /usr/lib32/libkrb5.so.3 (0xf3809000)
libk5crypto.so.3 => /usr/lib32/libk5crypto.so.3 (0xf37e6000)
libcom_err.so.2 => /lib32/libcom_err.so.2 (0xf37e3000)
libgcrypt.so.11 => /usr/lib32/libgcrypt.so.11 (0xf376f000)
libbonoboui-2.so.0 => /usr/lib32/libbonoboui-2.so.0 (0xf3714000)
libgnome-keyring.so.0 => /usr/lib32/libgnome-keyring.so.0 (0xf36f1000)
libpixman-1.so.0 => /usr/lib32/libpixman-1.so.0 (0xf3698000)
libpng12.so.0 => /lib32/libpng12.so.0 (0xf3674000)
libxcb-render-util.so.0 => /usr/lib32/libxcb-render-util.so.0 (0xf3670000)
libxcb-render.so.0 => /usr/lib32/libxcb-render.so.0 (0xf3668000)
libselinux.so.1 => /lib32/libselinux.so.1 (0xf364d000)
libgailutil.so.18 => /usr/lib32/libgailutil.so.18 (0xf3646000)
libtasn1.so.3 => /usr/lib32/libtasn1.so.3 (0xf3636000)
libORBitCosNaming-2.so.0 => /usr/lib32/libORBitCosNaming-2.so.0 (0xf3631000)
libvorbisfile.so.3 => /usr/lib32/libvorbisfile.so.3 (0xf3628000)
libvorbis.so.0 => /usr/lib32/libvorbis.so.0 (0xf3600000)
libogg.so.0 => /usr/lib32/libogg.so.0 (0xf35fa000)
libtdb.so.1 => /usr/lib32/libtdb.so.1 (0xf35ec000)
libltdl.so.7 => /usr/lib32/libltdl.so.7 (0xf35e4000)
libkrb5support.so.0 => /usr/lib32/libkrb5support.so.0 (0xf35dc000)
libkeyutils.so.1 => /lib32/libkeyutils.so.1 (0xf35d9000)
libgpg-error.so.0 => /usr/lib32/libgpg-error.so.0 (0xf35d5000)

64bit:

1. 
   install 32bit libraries with getlib (https://launchpad.net/~jcollins/+arc...7Eppa2_all.deb)
   
   

   sudo apt-get install libgnomeprintui2.2-0 ia32-libs ttf-xfree86-nonfree t1-xfree86-nonfree 
   sudo getlibs -p libgnomeprintui2.2-0 libgnomeprint2.2-0 libgnomevfs2-0 libgnomeui-0 libxkbfile1 libstartup-notification0 libsepol1 libselinux1 libgsf-1-114 libgsf-1-dev librsvg2-2 librsvg2-common libavahi-client3 libavahi-common3 libavahi-glib1 libbonoboui2-0 libcroco3 libdbus-1-3 libdbus-glib-1-2 libgnome2-0 libgnomecanvas2-0 libgnome-keyring0 libgnome-menu2 libesd0 gtk2-engines libgnome-desktop-2-17 libmotif4 libmotif3 libgnome-desktop-3-0 libavahi-glib1 gtk2-engines-oxygen gtk2-engines-aurora gtk2-engines-qtcurve gtk2-engines-murrine gtk2-engines-equinox alsa-base alsa-utils iproute gnome-desktop-3-2 liborbit2 libbonobo2-0 libgconf2-4
   
   
2. extract deb (ibm-lotus-notes-8.5.3.i586.deb) and remove the dependence in file UNPACK/DEBIAN/control (make it blank)

dpkg-deb -x ibm-lotus-notes-8.5.3.i586.deb <folder>

3. create deb,

dpkg-deb -e ibm-lotus-notes-8.5.3.i586.deb <folder>/DEBIAN

4. install the deb of lotus notes,

   
   
   sudo dpkg -i –force-all ibm-lotus-notes-8.5.3.i586.deb

   
   
5. install gtk hack (from https://github.com/sgh/lotus-notes_gtk2.23.3/)
   (validate permissions of  libnotesgtkfix.so
• make chmod +x notes-wrapper sudo cp notes-wrapper libnotesgtkfix.so /opt/ibm/lotus/notes/
6. fix LotusNotes8.5.desktop file in /usr/share/applications
• [Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Name=Lotus Notes 8.5 Type=Application Exec=env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/ibm/lotus/notes/:/usr/lib32/:/usr/lib32/i386-linux-gnu/ /opt/ibm/lotus/notes/framework/../notes-wrapper %F Icon=/opt/ibm/lotus/notes/framework/shared/eclipse/features/com.ibm.notes.links.feature_8.5.3.20110916-0921/icons/notes.ico Terminal=false Categories=Application;Office;
7. check for missing libraries:
• LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/ibm/lotus/notes/:/usr/lib32/:/usr/lib32/i386-linux-gnu/ LANGUAGE=zh_TW.UTF-8 ldd /opt/ibm/lotus/notes/framework/../lnotes
• LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/ibm/lotus/notes/:/usr/lib32/:/usr/lib32/i386-linux-gnu/ LANGUAGE=zh_TW.UTF-8 ldd /opt/ibm/lotus/notes/framework/../notes
• LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/ibm/lotus/notes/:/usr/lib32/:/usr/lib32/i386-linux-gnu/ LANGUAGE=zh_TW.UTF-8 ldd /opt/ibm/lotus/notes/framework/../notes2
8. Xterm required for initial setup

• When starting the application for the first time, you'll need to agree to a licensing agreement.  It appears not everyone has xterm installed as default, or perhaps had become removed.  Therefore, install xterm if not already installed
• sudo apt-get install xterm

OPTIONAL: If you are missing the Microsoft fonts, install the following package:

ttf-xfree86-nonfree